Re: Encrypted File Ownership

From: Terr0r (mymailinglists@mail.com)
Date: 01/22/03 

From: "Terr0r" <mymailinglists@mail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 08:12:02 -0800

The file is located on a company laptop used on a Novell
network. There is no domain. The original users account
was deleted from the laptop before the information needed
from the file was determined. The file is encrypted, as
it contains vital information for the network. I have not
tried a recovery agent as of yet.

>-----Original Message-----
>"Terr0r" <terr0r@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:671c01c2be4d$05a20a60$d7f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA14...
>> I have a file that an ex employee has encrypted. I need
>> the contents of this file. I have taken ownership of
the
>> file as Administrator, but upon trying to veiw the
file I
>> am prompted with Deny access, user has no rights. It is
>> on an XP Pro box. I have tried to de-crypt the file,
but
>> no luck. File system is NTFS. Anyone have any
suggestions
>> to get the contents of this file?
>
>If you do not have the encryption keys for the original
user account,
>or the recovery agent , or you are not in a Domain
(where there are
>Domain wide recovery agents) those files are lost.
>
>Was your employees machine a member of a domain and was
his account he
>has used to encrypt the file a domain account ?
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Mike
>--
>Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>
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>"Terr0r" <terr0r@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:671c01c2be4d$05a20a60$d7f82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA14...
>> I have a file that an ex employee has encrypted. I need
>> the contents of this file. I have taken ownership of
the
>> file as Administrator, but upon trying to veiw the
file I
>> am prompted with Deny access, user has no rights. It is
>> on an XP Pro box. I have tried to de-crypt the file,
but
>> no luck. File system is NTFS. Anyone have any
suggestions
>> to get the contents of this file?
>
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